In Gauntlet, four brave souls (or just you with an overworked space bar) hack, slash, and gobble food like medieval Pac-Men. This 1986 dungeon crawler is basically a family reunion gone wrong: everyone wants treasure, no one shares health potions, and someone inevitably shouts, “Wizard needs food, badly!” at least once every five minutes. It’s chaotic, endless, and oddly addictive—kind of like being trapped in a fantasy IKEA where skeletons and ghosts keep spawning from wardrobes. Simple? Yes. Fun? Absolutely, if you don’t mind dying because your buddy shot the food again.
How to play Gauntlet
Game modes: single-player, co-op
To slow down the game emulation press CTRL+F11, to speed up the game press CTRL+F12. Press Escape (ESC) to exit fullscreen mode.
Gauntlet runs in your browser thanks to the Emularity library.
More about Gauntlet
Status: abandonware
Genre: action
Released in: 1986
Publisher: 3d Realms
Developer: Mindscape
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